uc

re all night. Are y

car was still parked just in front of

t I need to see her to make sure. Run me mor

ered

ir. I'm

aze sharp as I stared out the window. The city ligh

m

ady, my wolf was restless. On edge. Despite my senses

ating a mere human coul

"I found something," he said, his voice steady. "She works at a

was so damn close. My wolf gro

istrict South. A few

ation, I tapped the partition. "Drive there. Now.

on as he ignited the engine and sped off. "Faster El

dn't relax. My instincts

th

ble force slamme

!!" I g

athing

d feel them soo

sn't afraid or in pa

was in

fingers curling into fists. My wolf snarled, deman

aid, his voic

ecognizing the shift in his a

My heart pounded with the sheer

up straighter. "W

ed, struggling to

speeding through the st

. I was out of the car before it even fully stopped

nt. It

th

anis

ined, claws scraping at my min

ession grim. "She was here," Elijah confir

ning. My pulse roared in own ea

elt her

had happen

, she w

ppened?" Elijah asked, alm

enemies have gotten to her

down."Elijah said as he

f the restaurant,

ght now. She didn't even know that I

ind and res

ri

a bit blurry, but I could tell I was surrounded my darkness. I cou

O.

uck me. I was kidnapped! Leavin

en I realized I had my hand

the empty space, my voice echoing. From the size

ted violently.

echoed through

istant footsteps g

roaring in my ears as a m

lders. His green amber eyes looked

e he already owned me, sent ice d

smooth, but laced

men walked out front the da

iffe

?" My voice waver

safe. For now." My sk

think so." He took a slow step close

" My voice was sharper now, though fear still rattled my chest. "I

do." His amber eyes bored into

mach d

pounding. "I don't even have a boyfrie

not like werewolf exist. And even

rling into something almost dan

th

dy shu

contorted, bones snappi

his skin rippling like something

n't breathe. And then, w

nstrous wolf l

ark as shadow, its amber

hattering as pure ter

wasn'

uldn't

scream. I just froze my mo

as quickly as

pped back in

before me again, adjusting h

k, my lungs barely

ly, his amber eyes

e now?" he

dn't a

d had just turn

ewolves are real..." I c

red sharply, still wearing t

it still looked sur

fall in place. The two murders tha

more sense to me what he

did you kidnap me?" Is asked ag

ng to me, his amb

Luca. The very Alpha who burnt my pack to the ground. Once he feels that

an con

your mistaken. I don't have a mat

lady!" He snapped a

back when you were m

" I paused for a moment. The images of t

was a

who saved me an

. why

the tense silence as the warehou

that they slammed against the walls with a thunderous crash. The sharp sound sent

turned, muscles tensing as they

e walk

osing, un

olden eyes burning like embers in the dark. The very air seemed to

ath hi

wing who he was,

was something else enti

presence was quieter, sharper, like a blade waiting to strike. His eyes swept th

n who had taken me-let ou

is chest as he stared at them. "So the mig

ed into me lik

pposed mate. The

sn't po

one with golden eyes locked onto me like

I was suppose

ght before another sound cut through

t come f

from the

ng into the dim light. Silent. Lethal

es controlled but poised to attack at a moment's notice. Some of them weren't even

al p

ed, a few glancing at their leader as if

his voice smooth, controlled, but

her

n't a

s a co

h something unspoken. A pressure tha

tly. "You came all this way for one girl?" he muse

ords left his mo

itation. Not

absolut

he room, slamming into the other Alp

erupted

warehouse as Luca slammed i

throat. Everything happened too fast-too violently. One second, they were stand

d them. Wood splintered, dust filled the air, and the

en anything li

tor-controlled, dangero

much. I had seen the way his men followed him, the

ear flicker

and take what's mine?" my captor sn

e stood tall, his presence alone e

as neve